Michael Redd came off the bench and scored 13 of his 22 points in a run of 17 straight that gave the U.S. a 34-9 lead on its way to a 123-59 win over the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday in the FIBA Americas tournament. Carmelo Anthony also scored 22.
*NBA: Heat coach Pat Riley said 17-year veteran Gary Payton would not return. Riley said the team was interested in signing free-agent Bulls forward P.J. Brown and hoped to re-sign forward James Posey. … The Spurs signed French power forward Ian Mahinmi, whom they drafted in 2005. … Former NBA and college coach Butch van Breda Kolff died after a long illness. He was 84.
* WNBA: Nykesha Sales had 25 points to lead the Sun to a 93-88 triple-overtime win over the Fever, the first overtime playoff game in league history.
* COLLEGES: Jim Molinari, the interim coach at Minnesota last year and former Northern Illinois and Bradley coach, will join Billy Taylor’s staff at Ball State. … Former coach Ricky Stokes is leaving East Carolina instead of taking an administrative position in the athletic department. … Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson said forward Ben Allen is transferring. … Former Purdue guard David Teague has signed to play in Greece.
